Breaking news: Medical board’s plan for mandatory health checks for every doctor aged 70 and over
The board says it is concerned about the complaint rates among older doctors.
The Medical Board of Australia wants every late-career doctor to undergo mandatory health checks, pointing to figures showing that rates of patient complaints increase dramatically as doctors age.
Under the regulator’s preferred plan, doctors aged 70 and over would undergo an assessment by their GP every three years before becoming yearly for those doctors over the age of 80.
